Be ashame if he goes as I like him and has good upside but if he's not signing a new deal by now then I'd sell him
Cirkin's a weird one. Who would buy him? Other than Spurs? He's not going to a starting role at another premier league side so the homegrown thing for them makes most sense.
That's the issue when there is no signed agreement before the summer. They go away and agents are just hawking then out to drive the price up on the renewal. I hope they come to an agreement and they ink the contract.
Yeh I'm hoping with Ghisolfi we're more decisive with contracts than Speakman's "wait and see" approach
FWIW I'd rather keep Cirkin but if he's sold and replaced with Bard then Bard is a better player so we've improved. I'd just want to keep the continuity.
Just in reference to that Scott Wilson article: I know Bournemouth were mentioned yesterday as being "interested" in Petrovic as one of several options but has it been reported anywhere else that they are in "advanced negotiations" with Chelsea? If they were I very much doubt it would be SW breaking the news. He usually just reports waht's already out there, with his own spin, so I wonder if he's just embellishing yesterday's reports to make it sound like he's ahead of the story
If Denis cant agree on this new contract and he wants to go back to Spurs, (foolish choice imo) then no point in hanging around ,let him go.. Premier league fullbacks go for around £15-20m